The Anomaly at Puzzleworks
We (just barely) completed “The Anomaly” at Puzzleworks today. This is the newest room they have — just opening up about a month ago. Yes we were here just yesterday to do The Dungeon. 😊
This newest room had some new dynamics.
- The room was divided into three segments with 20 minutes to complete each segment. If you finish the segment before that you get a time bonus. If you don’t have it finished in 20 minutes they clue you to the answer and move you to the next room. We finished the first room with a few minutes to spare. The 2nd and 3rd rooms we finished with just seconds left.
- Each of the rooms were puzzle heavy. There was only one single lock in the whole experience. The puzzles worked well to handle in parallel. We had five people but eight could easily be engaged.
- The experience was interactive with a computer. So as you completed things you put them into the computer and worked through a menu system. That was cool and worked well.
- Given the way the clock worked you don’t just get a time — you get a score based on how you did. We scored 63,550 which actually put us in 17th position on the top 20 leaderboard.
It was a little odd to us that the game didn’t have a final time since that is how all previous 67 rooms we’ve done have operated. We have done a couple of rooms with a point system, but it was always in addition to the clock. The puzzles were challenging and the experience worked extremely well. Definitely a great room and a fun, new experience. Room 68!
Schooling the next generation on Air Hockey.
Created the designs for three different POAPs for Minnebar 19 next week. Have a very cool one for the event, made a special one just for my session, and of course a You’ve Met Me one to share at Minnebar!
I’m having fun with my new profile photo. My previous one was the very first time I tried the Vision Pro and it was great, but I am loving this one with the bird on my hat from Discovery Cove. Perfect for the arrival of summer. 🤩
Mazie returned to St. Olaf for her friend’s birthday and Tyler, Tammy, and I went to A Minecraft Movie. Not an obvious pick for the movie on Tammy’s birthday but we wanted to see it. It was completely ridiculous, funny, goofy, and enjoyable at the same time.
Finished 3.09 mile walk in 76.1 minutes (24.63 min/mile). Incredible afternoon at the “the Arb” for a walk along the 3-Mile trail and through the hedge maze for Tammy’s birthday. 🚶♂️
Contrail.
Family selfie — potential album cover.
The Dungeon at Puzzleworks
We had a great time escaping “The Dungeon” at Puzzleworks. The room had challenging puzzles and impressive mechanics. The story was well constructed with a unique beginning placing players in different rooms. In fairness, the game master gave us a couple mins extra at the end. 😉 Room 67!
The raised donuts at Jerry’s Foods are incredible, and a great way to kick off Tammy’s birthday!
Finished 4.08 mile walk in 86.2 minutes (21.13 min/mile). Casual afternoon walk with Tammy. Good to move and get some sun to help with jet lag after returning from Poland. 🚶♂️
Won 0.5 SOL in my Mission Chest from Famous Fox Federation this week. I still have a lot of fun with this NFT project. I should try and get a couple more foxes.
DL 161 ready go to MSP. ✈️
Windmills in the clouds.
Cloud blanket.
Traveling internationally while using a Continuous Glucose Monitor makes jet lag, lack of sleep, and elevated background stress as obvious as can be. Clearly different patterns and levels. Overall levels of elevated above “home” levels. Circadian disruption illustrated!
This flip-down device holder on this KLM flight is brilliant. Every plane should have these. Now if it only had wireless charging as well. Much better than my safety pins and rubber bands from 2007! ✈️
Heading into the Warsaw Metro.
